2007-02-22 22:08:40 · 9 answers · asked by Peak C 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It would be 1:00 o'clock pm. Other planets don't have standardized time. It could be said that its like high noon on saturn, meaning the sun is directly over a certain point or its nightime on saturn,,, like that. But also u have to consider that is only because you are looking at it from earth.
2007-02-22 23:10:25 · answer #1 · answered by jkp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there's two answers really.
The first (and rather disappointing one) is there is no time on Saturn. Time is just a measurement of human activity i.e. I get up at 7:30 to be in school by 9:00. Because there are no people on Saturn there is no need to mark time in the same way we do here on Earth.
But if there were people on Saturn, your question would still be difficult to answer. Because on Earth all times happen at the same time - like it's 1:00 in Sydney it's 14:00 in London. The time just indicates which part of the Earth is directly facing the Sun at any time; 15:00 (or three o'clock in the afternoon) in Sydney means that Sydney was directly facing the Sun three hours ago.
To know the time on Saturn you would need to know where exactly on Saturn you were talking about. But it's even more complicated than that because Saturn isn't hard like Earth so you can't find one place (like a mountain) that stays there.
But to try and answer your question, Earth takes 24 hours to spin round once and Saturn takes10 hrs 14 min. Every hour here would take up about two of Saturn's (shorter) hours. So if you said 'Go' in Sydney at Midday, then at 13:00 (1 in the afternoon) it would be (very roughly) around14:10 on Saturn in Saturn time.
Hope this helps - email me if you want any more help.
Good question.
2007-02-23 06:53:26 · answer #2 · answered by future_man_uk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would all depend on what kind of time and what kinds of clocks the people on Saturn have. The Saturn day is a lot shorter than ours (only 10 earth hours), so we don't know how they measure time.
But if humans were to go there, they would probably assign the Greenwich Mean Time (also called Universal Time) to the location where they land.
So 1:00 pm Monday in Sydney would be 3:00 am Sunday (GMT).
2007-02-23 19:56:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be every possible time. Saturn is another planet, and as such there is a point in every direction, which means it's morning somewhere, noon somewhere else, afternoon elsewhere and so on.
In addition, there are no time zones defined for Saturn, so the question is meaningless.
Beyond that, there is no surface of Saturn! Saturn is a gas giant planet, basically a huge ball of hydrogen and hydrocarbon gases. There may be a solid core way down there somewhere (possibly even a diamond the size of Earth), but we'll never see it; the atmospheric pressure is so high it would crush our mightiest pressure hulls in the blink of an eye.
The time used by astronomers controlling probes like Cassini at Saturn usually use Universal Coordinated Time, formerly known as GMT, which is about 10 hours or so ahead of Sydney time. It's the time at Greenwich, England, at the Prime Meridian.
2007-02-23 06:23:14 · answer #4 · answered by poorcocoboiboi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time varies from place to place 1 PM by you is 1AM half way around the Earth.
It's the same thing on Saturn, time varies based on where you are.
Saturn is believed to rotate faster so a day on saturn is less than half an Earth day or 10 hours.
So if you measure time with similar concepts the difference between 1pm and 1:20pm by you would be the difference between 1pm and 2pm on Saturn in a similar spot.
2007-02-23 08:45:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All astronauts, space programs and aviation use Coordinated Universal Time or UTC. Sydney at the moment is on Eastern Daylight Saving Time which is eleven hours ahead of UTC. If it is 1pm in Sydney, it is 2am UTC.
Any spacecraft operating on or hear Saturn would be using UTC so if it is 1pm in Sydney, it is 2am on Saturn.
2007-02-23 07:01:15 · answer #6 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear Jemima, every planet has its own time schedule. It would be improper to compare time zones between two planets.
Saturn rotates in just 10 hours 14 minutes. (that is one day in earth is 24 hours whereas Saturn's day is just 10 hours).
2007-02-23 06:16:38 · answer #7 · answered by Tiger Tracks 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It would depend on exactly where on Saturn you were, but you would need to be high in its atmosphere, because the pressure is so great, lower down, that humans could not survive in any type of vessel we can presently construct.
2007-02-23 06:36:42 · answer #8 · answered by CLICKHEREx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
time has no meaning on Saturn
2007-02-26 21:58:01 · answer #9 · answered by 22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋